Every team's fan base has that one guy. It could be a rival player. It could be the owner. It could be an umpire.

We're talking about the person whose name — whose very existence — sends fans into paroxysms of rage. The person whose crimes cannot be forgiven (and will never be forgotten). For you see, there is no statute of limitations when you are Public Enemy No. 1.

Here are our selections for every MLB team:

(Paul Nisely/SN Illustration) (AP Photos)

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Orioles: Jeffrey Maier

Wanted for: Robbery of a playoff win

During the eighth inning of Game 1 of the 1996 ALCS, 11-year-old Maier reached over the right field wall at Yankee Stadium and interfered with a ball hit by the Yankees' Derek Jeter. Umpire Rich Garcia incorrectly ruled it a home run, tying the game at 4. The Orioles went on to lose in extra innings.

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Cardinals: Don Denkinger

Wanted for: Theft of a World Series trophy

In the ninth inning of Game 6 of the 1985 World Series, first base umpire Denkinger incorrectly ruled Kansas City Royals baserunner Jorge Orta safe at first base. Orta went on the score the tying run, and the Royals went on to win the game. Kansas City then won Game 7 to take the World Series title.
(Patrick Sullivan/The Kansas City Star/AP)

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Marlins: Jeffrey Loria

Wanted for: Stealing taxpayer money (and much more)

Marlins fans hate their owner for many reasons, but the most blatant example is a recent one. Loria got the city of Miami to spend $155 million building him a publicly funded stadium, then dumped most of his team's big-salary players during and just after the first season in the new stadium.

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Red Sox: Bucky Dent

Wanted for: Helping the hated Yankees snatch a division title

Three World Series titles later, the animosity isn't what is once was. But for a certain generation of Red Sox Nation, Russell Earl Dent will always be a curse word. The diminutive Yankees shortstop, who had just 23 career homers, hit a three-run shot to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead (and an eventual win) in a one-game playoff for the AL East title in 1978.

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Angels: Dave Henderson

Wanted for: Pennant pilfering

It's Game 5 of the 1986 ALCS, and the then-California Angels are a strike away from their first World Series appearance. That's when Red Sox outfielder Henderson hits a two-out, two-strike, two-run homer to give Boston the lead and, eventually, the win. The Angels drop Game 6 and 7 as the Red Sox take the AL flag.

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Braves: Jim Leyritz

Wanted for: Dynasty dismantling

The Braves won the 1995 World Series, then took a 2-1 lead over the New York Yankees in the '96 Fall Classic. In Game 4, Atlanta led 6-0 and appeared on its way to becoming the first NL team to win back-to-back titles in 20 years. New York had cut the lead to 6-3 by the time Leyritz came up with two men on in the eighth inning. His three-run shot tied the game, and the Yanks went on to win the game and the series.

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Pirates: Sid Bream

Wanted for: Touching off two decades of futility

The Pirates entered Game 7 of the NLCS with a 2-0 lead and a chance to win their first pennant in 13 years. But the Braves rallied to score a run. When Francisco Cabrera belted a two-out single, Dave Justice tied the game, and slow-footed Bream, a former Pirate, barreled home with the winning run. The Pirates wouldn't have another winning season until 2013.

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Cubs: Dusty Baker

Wanted for: Destroying young pitching arms

Baker, who managed Chicago from 2003 to 2006, isn't a big fan of pitch counts. Many Cubs fans blame him for destroying the careers of elite young pitchers Mark Prior and Kerry Wood by routinely allowing them to pitch more than 120 innings. (And you thought we were gonna say "Steve Bartman.")

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Yankees: Curt Schilling

Wanted for: Various bloody crimes

Schilling rubbed a lot of fans the wrong way, but the Yankees faithful had more reasons than most to dislike the outspoken right-hander. In the 2001 World Series, Schilling helped lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a comeback seven-game victory over the Bronx Bombers. Three years later, as a member of the hated Red Sox, he won Game 6 of the ALCS — the infamous "Bloody Sock Game" — as Boston mounted a historic seven-game victory. (Albert Dickson/SN Archives)

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Phillies: J.D. Drew

Wanted for: Associating with Scott Boras

The Phillies drafted Florida State star Drew with the second pick in the 1997 MLB Draft. But the outfielder opted not to sign because the club would not pay him the $10 million he was seeking. He went to the independent Northern League instead and re-entered the draft in 1998, when he was selected by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Tigers: Randy Smith

Wanted for: Overseeing a Detroit debacle

During Smith's tenure as GM (1996 to 2002), the team never finished above .500. They lost 109 games his first year, 106 the year he was fired and 119(!) the year after he left. Fans blame him for letting the minor league system go to seed at a time when the team's ownership wasn't willing to spend much money.

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Mets: Fred Wilpon

Wanted for: Financial malfeasance

There's a website called "Be Gone With Wilpon," which tells you everything you need to know about how Mets fans view their owner. Among other things, Wilpon's close ties to convicted swindler Bernie Madoff led to a lawsuit and significant financial difficulties for the club.

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Blue Jays: Bill Madlock

Wanted for: Assault on the basepaths

In a crucial September 1987 showdown with the AL East rival Tigers, All-Star Toronto shortstop Tony Fernandez suffered a season-ending broken right elbow when he was taken out at second by Madlock. Without Fernandez, Toronto lost its last seven games and blew the division title to Madlock's Tigers on the last day of the season.

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Twins: Carl Pohlad

Wanted for: Attempted Twin killings

Under Pohlad's ownership, the Twins won the World Series in 1987 and 1991. But he later tried to sell the team to a North Carolina businessman who planned to move the team to the Tar Heel State. Later still, Pohlad offered to sell the team to Major League Baseball as part of a contraction plan that would have eliminated the franchise.

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Rockies: Jon Miller

Wanted for: False accusations

During games played in the thin air of Coors Field, the Rockies used baseballs stored in a humidor to make them less hitter-friendly. In 2010, the San Francisco Giants' Hall of Fame broadcaster led the charge in alleging the Rockies were cheating by providing umpires with harder, humidor-free baseballs when they were batting. Though the allegations were never proven, MLB ordered changes in the procedure for handling the balls. The Giants went on to win the NL West — and the World Series.

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Reds: Yadier Molina

Wanted for: Being a member of the Cardinals

The St. Louis Cardinals have become the Reds' most heated rival in recent years, and no one represents fans' disdain for the Cards better than All-Star catcher Molina. Among other things, Molina was at the center of a nasty brawl between the clubs in 2010.

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Rangers: Robin Ventura

Wanted for: Messin' with Texas

In Texas, you don't mess with Nolan Ryan. Ventura found that out the hard way in 1993, when he charged the mound and attempted to assault the future Hall of Famer. The fact Ryan got the better of the exchange doesn't make Ventura any less reviled in Arlington.

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Rays: Bill Foster

Wanted for: Getting in the way

The mayor of St. Petersburg is seen by fans as the main stumbling block to the Rays' hope of moving out of Tropicana Field into a more modern stadium in Tampa. Foster's negotiations with the team as it attempted to get out of its lease hit an impasse and became an issue in this year's mayoral election, which he lost.

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Indians: Jose Mesa

Wanted for: Arson by a fireman

Mesa had one job. In the bottom of the ninth in Game 7 of the 1997 World Series, the Indians' closer was tasked with protecting a 2-1 lead against the Florida Marlins to give the Tribe its first World Series title since 1948. He blew the save, and Florida went on to win in 11 innings.

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Diamondbacks: Dodger pool partiers

Wanted for: Disrespecting the D-backs

OK, the 2013 Dodgers are not one person, but we're going to make an exception. D-backs fans, players and execs were upset after about half of the Dodgers celebrated clinching the 2013 NL West title by jumping into the pool at Chase Field. It added heat to an already intense rivalry.

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Dodgers: Frank McCourt

Wanted for: Crimes too numerous to name

The former Dodgers' owner fired GM Paul DePodesta and hired the widely reviled Ned Colletti. But he will always be remembered for embarrassing and nearly wrecking the Dodgers by tying their financial well-being to his messy, soap opera divorce.

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Mariners: Alex Rodriguez

Wanted for: Being A-Rod

Really, the disdained former superstar also could make this list for, at least, the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees. But the M's felt the hate first after Rodriguez bolted to the division rival Rangers for a then-record 10-year deal worth $252 million following the 2000 season.

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Astros: Bud Selig

Wanted for: National travesties

Baseball's commissioner is seen by fans as being responsible for the team's move the American League in 2013. Also, Selig forced the Astros to play two home games in Milwaukee in 2008 following following Hurricane Ike. Houston lost both games and missed out on the wild card.

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Nationals: Pete Kozma

Wanted for: Capital crimes

The Nats were on the verge of their first playoff series victory when they took a 6-0 lead in Game 5 of the 2012 NLDS. But the team couldn't hold the lead, and the light-hitting St. Louis Cardinals shortstop came to personify the collapse when he hit a two-run single in the ninth to give the Cards the lead.

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Padres: Tim McClelland

San Diego Padres catcher Michael Barrett, right, tries to put a tag on Colorado Rockies' Matt Holliday as Holliday scores the winning run in their baseball game in Denver, Monday, Oct. 1, 2007. The Rockies defeated the Padres 9-8 in 13 innings.(AP Photos)

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Royals: Dayton Moore

Wanted for: Mortgaging the future

The Royals have seen little success under Moore, who's been the team's general manager since 2006. The team managed to finish above .500 in 2013, but many fans think they sacrificed too much to do so. Before the season, Moore traded super prospect Wil Myers to get veteran pitcher James Shields.

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Brewers: Randall Simon

Wanted for: Sausage assault

During a Brewers' "Sausage Race" in 2003, the Pirate first baseman leaned over the dugout railing and hit college student Mandy Block (in an Italian sausage costume) with a bat, causing her to fall into the path of another racer. He was charged with disorderly conduct.

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Athletics: Justin Verlander

Wanted for: Acing the final

Game 5 of the 2012 ALDS: Verlander shuts out the A's, 6-0. Game 5 of the 2013 ALDS: Verlander pitches eight shutout innings against the A's. in his last four postseason starts vs. Oakland, the Detroit ace has allowed one run and 13 hits in 31 innings, while striking out 43. If the A's want to advance in the postseason, they'll need to play a team other than the Tigers.

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Giants: Tommy Lasorda

Wanted for: Working blue

The Giants hate the Dodgers, and nobody represents the Dodgers more than their former manager, who used to blow kisses to the crowd at Candlestick Park. And the San Fransico faithful will never forget Lasorda's unrestrained joy in knocking them out of the playoff picture in 1993.
— SN ranks all 30 MLB managers as players